.\" Copyright 2004 Glyph & Cog, LLC
.TH pdftoppm 1 "22 January 2004"
.SH NAME
pdftoppm \- Portable Document Format (PDF) to Portable Pixmap (PPM)
converter (version 3.00)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pdftoppm
[options]
.I PDF-file PPM-root
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Pdftoppm
converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to color image files in
Portable Pixmap (PPM) format, grayscale image files in Portable
Graymap (PGM) format, or monochrome image files in Portable Bitmap
(PBM) format.
.PP
Pdftoppm reads the PDF file,
.IR PDF-file ,
and writes one PPM file for each page,
.IR PPM-root - nnnnnn .ppm,
where
.I nnnnnn
is the page number.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-f " number"
Specifies the first page to convert.
.TP
.BI \-l " number"
Specifies the last page to convert.
.TP
.B \-o
Generates only the odd numbered pages.
.TP
.B \-e
Generates only the even numbered pages.
.TP
.BI \-r " number"
Specifies the X and Y resolution, in DPI.  The default is 150 DPI.
.TP
.BI \-rx " number"
Specifies the X resolution, in DPI.  The default is 150 DPI.
.TP
.BI \-ry " number"
Specifies the Y resolution, in DPI.  The default is 150 DPI.
.TP
.BI \-scale-to " number"
Scales each page to fit in scale-to*scale-to pixel box.
.TP
.BI \-scale-to-x " number"
Scales each page horizontally to fit in scale-to-x pixels.
.TP
.BI \-scale-to-y " number"
Scales each page vertically to fit in scale-to-y pixels.
.TP
.BI \-x " number"
Specifies the x-coordinate of the crop area top left corner
.TP
.BI \-y " number"
Specifies the y-coordinate of the crop area top left corner
.TP
.BI \-W " number"
Specifies the width of crop area in pixels (default is 0)
.TP
.BI \-H " number"
Specifies the height of crop area in pixels (default is 0)
.TP
.BI \-sz " number"
Specifies the size of crop square in pixels (sets W and H)
.TP
.B \-cropbox
Uses the crop box rather than media box when generating the files
.TP
.B \-mono
Generate a monochrome PBM file (instead of a color PPM file).
.TP
.B \-gray
Generate a grayscale PGM file (instead of a color PPM file).
.TP
.B \-png
Generates a PNG file instead a PPM file.
.TP
.B \-jpeg
Generates a JPEG file instead a PPM file.
.TP
.BI \-freetype " yes | no"
Enable or disable FreeType (a TrueType / Type 1 font rasterizer).
This defaults to "yes".
.TP
.BI \-aa " yes | no"
Enable or disable font anti-aliasing.  This defaults to "yes".
.TP
.BI \-aaVector " yes | no"
Enable or disable vector anti-aliasing.  This defaults to "yes".
.TP
.BI \-opw " password"
Specify the owner password for the PDF file.  Providing this will
bypass all security restrictions.
.TP
.BI \-upw " password"
Specify the user password for the PDF file.
.TP
.B \-q
Don't print any messages or errors.
.TP
.B \-v
Print copyright and version information.
.TP
.B \-h
Print usage information.
.RB ( \-help
and
.B \-\-help
are equivalent.)
.SH EXIT CODES
The Xpdf tools use the following exit codes:
.TP
0
No error.
.TP
1
Error opening a PDF file.
.TP
2
Error opening an output file.
.TP
3
Error related to PDF permissions.
.TP
99
Other error.
.SH AUTHOR
The pdftoppm software and documentation are copyright 1996-2004 Glyph
& Cog, LLC.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR pdftops (1),
.BR pdftotext (1),
.BR pdfinfo (1),
.BR pdffonts (1),
.BR pdfimages (1),
